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 Wireless 
 Telecommunications 


 Bureau 


 Report 
 to 
 Congress  Ninth  Annual 


 CMRS 
 Competition 


 Report 


 September 
 9, 
 2004 
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 Wireless 
 Telecommunications 


 Bureau 


 Growth 
 in 
 the 


 Mobile 


 Telephone 


 Industry 


 (YE2002-  YE2003) 


 161 
 Million 


 Subscribers 


 in 
 2003 


 205,629 


 Jobs 
 in 


 2003 


 146 
 Billion 


 Invested 


 as 
 of 
 2003 


 UP  13%  From  142  Million  Subscribers  in  2002 
 UP  7%  From  192,410  Jobs  in  2002 


 UP  15%  From  $127  Billion  as  of  2002 


 DOWN  13%  From  $0.11  per  minute  in  2002 
 UP  19%  From  427  MOUs  in  2003 
 507 
 Average 


 Monthly 
 MOUs 
 in 
 2003 


 Price 
 per 
 minute 


 Minutes 
 of 
 Use 


 Capital  Investment 


 Subscribers 
 Jobs 


 Price 
 per 
 minute 


 Source: 
 Cellular 
 Telecommunications 


 & 
 Internet 


 Association; 


 FCC. 
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 Wireless 
 Telecommunications 


 Bureau 


 Total 
 US 
 Mobile 


 Telephone 


 Wireless 


 Subscribers  16  24  34  44  55  69  86 
 110 
 128 


 142 
 161 


 0  25  50  75 
 100  125  150  175 


 1993 
 1994 
 1995 
 1996 
 1997 
 1998 
 1999 
 2000 
 2001 
 2002 
 2003 


 Millions  of  Subscribers  Source: 
 Cellular 


 Telecommunications 


 & 
 Internet 


 Association 


 (1992- 
 2000); 
 FCC 
 (2001-  2003). 
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 Wireless 
 Telecommunications 


 Bureau 


 Mobile 
 Telephone 


 Competition 


 96.8% 
 93.0% 


 87.5% 


 29.5% 
 75.8% 


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 Number 
 of 
 Competitors 


 in 
 a 
 County* 


 P  e  r  c  e  n  t  o  f  U  .  S  .  P  o  p  u  l  a  t  i  o  n 


 1995  2001  2002  2003  2004 


 *Facilities-  based 
 competitors 
 Source: 
 Federal 
 Communications 


 Commission 
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